Comments on: More On Checklists

By: Nancy Schwartz

Nancy Schwartz — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:45:42 +0000

I’m a huge checklist fan myself–as a small biz (like a small nonprofit) I can’t possibly keep everything I need to in my head.

Our team maintains checklists for key ongoing/repetitive projects on google docs–so they are easy for all to access and update. Works well.

Also, templates are another angle on checklists. Similar in that they ensure one remembers all the key to-dos. This nonprofit marketing plan template doubles as a planning checklist:
http://ow.ly/1t3ZM

YOU deserve a raise,
Nancy

By: Raymond J. Mitchell

Raymond J. Mitchell — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:47:16 +0000

I, too, share the love of checklists! In fact, I cannot live (and survive) without them, so It sometimes seems that I have checklists for keeping track of my checklists!

For me, the value of checklists doesn’t depend upon which of my advancement “hats” I’m wearing. Whether it’s best practice in fund raising, public relations and marketing or events — of any of their ancillary pieces — checklists rule!

As for that generational amnesia thing — and losing the collective wisdom — I also share that worry. So, I, too, have checklists to keep track of the wisdom deposits, including my own.

Tom’s early-March post was terrific. Hatch’s take on checklists is priceless, as is Gawande’s book. Rodd’s review of the book is frosting on the cake!

Now I need to add this to a checklist! [lol]

By: Kim Silva

Kim Silva — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:58:51 +0000

I love checklists1 Especially now that I have a little child, if I don’t keep checklists, I would forget everything. Will you publish a workbook of your checklists from your course? I’d be very interested in buying it.